California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore
Kid essentials
About this place
This one permanently closed in 2025, and its huge history collection was transferred to Stanford.
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Nearby places
Three floors of art and history off Yerba Buena Gardens. Compact, calm, and stronger with school-age kids than with little ones.
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Rotating contemporary art with performance and film in the mix, and the gardens right outside for when attention runs out.